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'Patented Feb. 25, i902.

W. D. OLNEY.

B E D.

(Application led Aug. 15` 1901.)

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W.- D. LNEY.

BED.

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Patented Feb. 25, |902.

W. D. LNEY.l

B E D.

(Applicnion Bled Aug. 15, 1901.)

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||||||||||||||||||||| lli UNiTEn STATES VILLIAM DCKER OL'NEY, OF STILLVVATER, MINNESOTA.

PATENT FEICE.

BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatentNo. 694,183, dated February 25, 1902.

Application filed August 15, 1901. Serial No. 72,133. (No model.)

To @ZZ 2071/0721, it 11i/ty concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM DECKER OL- NEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Stillwater, in the county of Washington and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and Improved Bed, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a bed comprising in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a view showing the bed in side elevation and the cabinet in vertical section. Fig. 2 is a similar view showin g the bed folded. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the parts as in Fig. 2, a part of the bed being broken away. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views of the joint for the hinged head and foot board. Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation on the line 6 6 in Fig. 7, and Fig. 7 is a similar view on the line 7 7 of Fig. 6.

The cabinet comprises side walls a, a rear wall a', and top and bottom walls a2, the front of the cabinet being extended to permit thel bed to be moved into and out of the cabinet. The bed proper comprises side rails b and end rails b. On the bed are mounted head and foot boards c and c'. These parts are hinged at the points c2 (see Figs. et and 5) to the bed, so that they may be folded down in the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. l or full lines in Fig. 2. c4 indicates a springlatch for removably holding the parts b and c extended. The hinges or pivots c2 of the head and foot boards of the bed are provided with spring-lock devices which hold the head 'and foot boards raised, but which upon the application of a superior force will permit the head and foot boards to be thrown down.

These lock devices are illustrated in Figs. 4

and 5. The footboard c' and, if desired, the headboard may be provided with pivoted toothed bars c3, which when the footboard is raised hang vertically alongside of it, as shown in Fig. 1. When, however, the footboard is thrown downward by engaging the bars c3 with pins b2 on the bed, the footboard may be held down, and thus a closure is provided for the bedclothes which will prevent them from falling about as the bed is thrown from one position to another. The bed may be provided with legs b3 of the form shown or any other form desired. The cabinet has its bottom wall co2 formed with a shoulder 0.3, adapted to folded.

d represents two rollers which are mounted on the inner side walls of the cabinet and adapted to be engaged by inclined track-bars d on the sides of the bed b adjacent to the head. As the bed proper or cot is moved into the cabinet, as shown in Fig. l, the rails d bear on the guide-pulleys d, so that the head portion of the bed is raised entirely o of the floor.

e indicates a weight which is slidably mounted against the back a. of the cabinet, the weight being held by guides a4, carried on the cabinet. Projecting upward from the weight c, at the ends thereof, are arms e2, to which are connected arms f. These arms eX- sides of the cabinet and in which the arms f are held to have a slight movement back and forth. A shoulder d5 is formed on the inner face of-each side wall a of the cabinet, and on these shoulders normally bear pins f carried, respectively, by the arms f. These pins and arms support the weight e in the raised position shown in Fig. 1. The lower extremity of each arm f is notched, as illustrated best in Figs. 6 and 7, and is adapted to be engaged by pins d2, fastened to the bed proper at the upper ends of the rails d. These pins d2 may, if desired, form parts of the pivots at the points c2 before mentioned.

The parts in the cabinet-that is to say, the parts e, e2, and f-are normally in the position shown in Fig. 1, and when it is desired to fold the bed into the cabinet, so that it will occupy the position shown in\Fig. 2, the head stop the inward swinging of the bed as it is tend down through guides f', fastened to the' IOO portion of the bed should be moved into the lcabinet, whereupon, owing to the action of the parts d and d, the head will be raised, as shown in Fig. l. The pins d2 will now engage the notched lower ends ofthe'arms f, and as the movement of the bed is continued the arms fwill be moved rearward, causing the pins f2 to disengage from the shoulders d5, and thus, deprive the Weight e of said shoulders asa support. Theheft ofthe weight e is now transmitted to the bed, and then the foot portion of the bed should be raised up toward the cabinet. During this action the weight eacts on the bed to assist in throwing the bed upward, the axis of the roller d forming a fulcruin around which the bed swings as a lever, ,and as the bed reaches its folded position it is prevented from moving forward by the shoulder a3. The bed proper is disconnected from the cabinet by reversing the above-described operation.

Having thus described `my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure yby Letters Patent-' l. The combination of a weight movably mounted, an arm connected therewith, a stationary member engaged bya part on the arm whereby to sustain the weight in raised position, a bed movable into engagement with the arm to throw it off of said stationary member and thereby to bear the heft of the weight, and means forming a pivot around which the bed may turn.

2. The combination of a cabinet having a shoulder thereon, a weight movably mounted in the cabinet, an arm connected to the weight and having a part bearing on the shoulder of the cabinet, a bed movable into the cabinet and adapted to engage the arm to throw it oif of the shoulder of the cabinet, and means forming a fulcrum or pivot around which the bed may be swung under the action of the weight.

3. The combination of a cabinet, a weight mounted to move vertically therein, an arm in connection with the weight, the arm having a laterally-projecting pin and the cabinet having a shouldel` normally engaged by the pin whereby to sustain the weight, a bed movable into the cabinet and arranged to engage with the arm tb throw it oif of the shoulder, whereby to place the heft of the weight on the bed, and a means in the cabinet for forming a pivot or fulcrum around which the bed may swing.

4. The combination of a weight mounted to move vertically, releasable means for sustaining the weight in raised position, and a folding bed normally disconnected from said sustaining means and movable into engagement therewith to release said means and transfer the heft of the weight to the bed to assist in the folding movement thereof.

5. The combination of a cabinet, a weight arranged to move vertically therein, an arm having connection with the weight, the cabinet having a shoulder on which a part of the arm bears, normally to sustain the weight, the lower end of the arm being notched, a bed movable into the cabinet, and a pin carriedon the bed and adapted to engage the notched end of said arm to throw the arm out of engagement with the shoulder of the cabinet and place the heft of the weight on the bed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

v WILLIAM DECKER OLNEY.

Witnesses:

L. M. BARNES, J. F. PARKS. 

